NRS 639.0065: “Dispense” defined.

1. “Dispense” means to deliver a controlled substance or dangerous drug to an ultimate user, patient or subject of research by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing by a practitioner, administering, packaging, labeling or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery.

2. The term does not include the furnishing of a controlled substance by a hospital pharmacy for inpatients.